5th Annual Summer Jazz Workshop

The SLO Jazz Festival's Summer Jazz Workshop is now a 5-day performance course aimed at students from Junior High through College. Each student will be instructed as to the role his/her instrument plays in a jazz ensemble. Students will also be instructed in the importance of competence on their instrument as well as how to dress and come across on the bandstand.Stage presence and team spirit will also be covered as well as how to acquire club dates and how to charge for a performance. In other words, students will be taught how to earn money as a musician if that is what the student so chooses.This summer’s workshop participants will be divided into two separate groups: “Jazz Master Class” and “Anyone Can Improvise.” The two groups will participate jointly in some exercises, but will have focused time each day for specialized lessons based on their skill level. Please use the information below to help you choose the appropriate group.enroll before April 20th to receive discountDATES: Mon-Fri, Jun 18-22, 2018AGES: 13+FEES:

Through a joint partnership between SLO Jazz Festival and Cuesta College Community Programs, with Direction from Ron McCarley, Director of Jazz Studies, we are announcing the 5th Annual Summer Jazz Workshop. Registration is open now.

We thank PISMO JAZZ (Basin Street Regulars) and SLO Jazz Federation for making scholarships available for the 5th Summer Jazz Workshop. (Contact us for details).​

Above: 2017 SLO Jazz Festival Youth Stage with a Student combo from the Summer Jazz Workshop. The Summer Jazz Workshop band gets opportunity to perform at the following year's jazz festival. Here's a combo from 2015 performing at the 2016 SLO Jazz Festival:

ALL SPONSORSHIPS OF THE 2019 SLO JAZZ FESTIVAL, and MEMBERSHIPS in the 2019 SLO JAZZ FESTIVAL JAZZ SOCIETY benefit our EDUCATION PROGRAM and bring more MUSIC EVENTS to the CITY and COUNTY of SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA. SLO Jazz Festival, Inc. is 501(c)3 NON-PROFIT organization and a proud member of the San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce.All memberships and sponsorships of SLO Jazz Festival, Fall Fest, and our events are bound by the http://www.slojazzfest.org/uploads/1/7/0/6/17061274/2018_rev5_sponsorship_terms.pdf.